East of West #6

Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta's ambitious alternate-history epic continues with this September 2013 entry, its stark two-tone cover dominated by a broad-hatted, goggled figure rendered in deep magenta — imposing, weathered, and radiating quiet menace. The bold graphic design keeps the focus squarely on that brooding face, letting the title's haunting tagline ("We broke it, and there is no putting it back together") do the rest of the work. With Frank Martin's color work shaping every mood in this series, issue six — titled "To Do Justly, and to Love Mercy" — promises the same blend of mythic dread and sharp storytelling that makes East of West so compelling.